A Publisher's Agony

A Publisher’s Agony: Balthasar Moretus’s Unrealized Project of a New Antwerp Polyglot Bible In 1620 the Antwerp publisher Balthasar Moretus took up the plan for a new edition of the Biblia Regia, the polyglot bible printed by his grandfather Christopher Plantin in the 16th century. Balthasar aimed to enlarge the polyglot bible with the Arabic text. Sadly, the project failed due to the lobbying of his competitors from Paris and the ambiguous attitude of the Vatican. A catalogue will be available.

Evening visit to the Museum Plantin-Moretus, Saturday 20 September 2014, 17.30 to 19.30.